Table 2:
Social harm classifications, perpetrators and outcomes, by study
| VOICE | ASPIRE | MTN 015 | MTN 016 | IPM 027 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gel | Tablet | Study-related | HIV-related | ||||
| Number of “problems” reported1 (n) | 168 | 225 | NA | 8 | 22 | 1 | NA |
| Unique participants reporting a “problem”1 (n) | 138 | 201 | NA2 | 8 | 20 | 1 | NA |
| Number of SH reported (n) | 93 | 125 | 94 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 39 |
| Unique participants reporting SH or experiencing SH from a reported problem1 (n) | 82 | 113 | 91 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 37 |
| Classification of harm experienced3: n (%) | |||||||
| Emotional | 91 (98) | 122 (98) | NA | 2 (100) | 16 (100) | 1 (100) | 33 (85) |
| Physical harm | 3 (3) | 8 (6) | 26 (28) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 14 (36) |
| Economic harm | 15 (16) | 12 (70) | NA | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 | 7 (18) |
| Harm to children | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 | 2 (5)4 |
| Perpetrator or source of problem/SH5: n (%) | |||||||
| Partner | 53 (60) | 70 (61) | 87 (93) | 1 (50) | 11 (69) | 1 (100) | 34 (87) |
| Family/ people at home (not partner) | 11 (13) | 18 (16) | 2 (2) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 | 3 (8) |
| Friend/ personal relationships | 8 (9) | 8 (7) | 1 (1) | 1 (50) | 2 (13) | 0 | 0 |
| Employment-related/ co-workers | 9 (10) | 10 (8) | 2 (2) | 0 | 2 (13) | 0 | 1 (3) |
| Landlord or property owner | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Health care provider or medical-related | 2 (2) | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education-related | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Travel or Immigration-related | NA | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Church members | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 |
| Community members known to you6 | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 |
| Strangers | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 (3) |
| Reported impact on quality of life | |||||||
| Minimal disturbance | NA | NA | 54 (57) | NA | NA | NA | 15 (38) |
| Moderate dist., no signif impact7 | NA | NA | 29 (31) | NA | NA | NA | 13 (33) |
| Major disturbance w/ signif impact7 | NA | NA | 11 (12) | NA | NA | NA | 10 (26) |
1
VOICE, MTN 015 and MTN 016 were the only studies that systematically first asked about “problems” before probing further into experience of harms.
2
“NA” in this table is used to indicate that the item was not measured
3
SH could be classified in all categories that applied. The denominator in percentages is the total number of SH.
4
Categorized as harm to others, including children
5
For VOICE there are 16 of 218 SH for which the data are unclear as to the perpetrator. These have been excluded from these tabulations.
6
In VOICE and ASPIRE these were captured under “other” and defined as community members or neighbors
7
Significance of impact not captured on CRFs for The Ring Study